Reason, religion and the Australian polity : a secular state? / Stephen A. Chavura, John Gascoigne a...
Reason, religion and the Australian polity : a secular state? / Stephen A. Chavura, John Gascoigne a...
Reason, religion and the Australian polity : a secular state? / Stephen A. Chavura, John Gascoigne and Ian Tregenza.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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H 2020/0537
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English
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xi, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Foundations: church and state in Ancien Régime Britain -- The brief rise and fall of the Australian colonial established church -- The coming of plural establishment -- The separation of church and state -- Education, religion, and citizenship -- A secular constitution? The Federation debates -- Th...
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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England
Date Published
2019.
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"How did the concept of the secular state emerge and evolve in Australia and how has it impacted on its institutions? This is the most comprehensive study to date on the relationship between religion and the state in Australian history, focusing on the meaning of political secularity in a society that was from the beginning marked by a high degree...
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Reason, religion and the Australian polity : a secular state? / Stephen A. Chavura, John Gascoigne and Ian Tregenza.
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Routledge studies in modern history ; 49
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ebook version : 9780429883477
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H 2020/0537
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74VKaZ3zPp3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZ3zPp3M
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9781138603189
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322.10994
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991024290518702626
